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Problem installing / uninstalling Sunbelt Firewall

Red929

Posted 13 January 2010 - 03:25 AM

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I downloaded Sunbelt Firewall and disabled my old firewall (PC Tools) and started to install the Sunbelt one.

During installation the setup froze and hitting "cancel" did nothing, at the time it was blocking my access to any networks (including internet) and it was stuck like that so I ended the process and rebooted.

When I rebooted I saw that the program did not exist in my Start menu or in Add/Remove programs, I also installed Windows Install Clean Up to see if it was there and it was not.

I then tried to install Sunbelt Firewall again, but now halfway through it says the following:

ERROR: ALREADY_INSTALLED

It then rolls back the current installation and finishes without installing the program.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide any assistance in removing the existing program that seems to on there so I can install Sunbelt Firewall correctly.

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phillipcorcoran

Posted 13 January 2010 - 08:43 AM

You should have totally uninstalled the existing PC Tools firewall before installing the Sunbelt one; merely disabling it was not sufficient.

I can't find a removal tool for the Sunbelt firewall -- they seem to have withdrawn it.

All I can suggest is you do a system restore to the day (or nearest available day) before you installed it.

After that, I would leave Sunbelt firewall alone. Google is awash with tales of woe from people who have installed it then couldn't get rid of it.

There's an excellent free firewall here which i use myself on 3 computers.It's a firewall + anti-virus package, but you don't have to install both if you already have an anti-virus solution you're happy with:

Red929

Posted 13 January 2010 - 03:41 PM

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Thanks for the advice, I want to avoid a system restore if possible as I've just finished removing some malware (thanks to the help of the Geeks To Go malware team) and don't want to have to roll back to before I removed it all as that will no doubt cause some problems.

Red929

Posted 14 January 2010 - 02:58 AM

I did run TFC before I tried the uninstaller though so maybe that had something to do with it?

Is there any way of checking if there are any traces of Sunbelt Firewall on my computer other than trying to reintall it and the error popping up (want to avoid installing it altogether at this point, in case it works! ) ?

xblindx

Posted 14 January 2010 - 11:56 AM

123Runner

Posted 14 January 2010 - 04:31 PM

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If you went through our malware forum and 1 of the malware techs helped you, they usually have you clear the restore points and then set a new restore point. They do this so that you have no malware hiding in the restores.

Red929

Posted 14 January 2010 - 04:49 PM

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No I don't recall doing that, but I'm confident that if the Revo Uninstaller worked for the other guy who had exactly the same problem and the only difference is that I ran a temp file cleaner like recommended above before trying Revo (which detected nothing) then it is all gone or at the least not causing any problems.

I have subsequently installed Comodo Firewall and it seems to be running well.

123Runner

Posted 14 January 2010 - 07:37 PM

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Congratulations. for a successful resolution for your issue. I am happy everything has been worked out for you. With that being said I am happy to say:

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